Time to review the CA bar exam from this past July. The public pass list is available here: http://apps.calbar.ca.gov/exam/
Overall pass rate was 55.3%. That’s 4,834 people out of 8,737 applicants. As usual, first time takers did better, with a 68% pass rate. Nearly 3/4 of the test takers were first timers (74.2%), that’s 6,485 first-time applicants. For the 2,252 repeat takers, their pass rate was 18%.
Finally, first time test takers from a California ABA school had a pass rate of 77% and repeat takers passed at a 24% pass rate. First time out-of-State ABA school takers had a 64% pass rate while the repeat takers had a 21% pass rate.
California’s mean scaled MBE score was 1459 compared with the national average of 1434.
For those of you who are interested, 34.9% of the lawyers who took the Attorneys’ Examination passed.
Congratulations to all who passed! For anyone who did not pass, February 2013 will be your next opportunity, so make it count.
